exchange, a giving and taking, not a mere possessing in common. There
can be a mutual affection, or a mutual hatred, but not a mutual
friend, nor a mutual horse.

_Name_ for _Title and Name_. "His name was Mr. Smith." Surely no babe
was ever christened Mister.

_Necessaries_ for _Means_. "Bread and meat are necessaries of life."
Not so; they are the mere means, for one can, and many do, live
comfortably without them. Food and drink are necessaries of life, but
particular kinds of food and drink are not.

_Necessities_ for _Necessaries_. "Necessities of life are those things
without which we cannot live."

_Née_. Feminine of _né_, born. "Mrs. Jones, _née_ Lucy Smith." She
could hardly have been christened before her birth. If you must use
the French word say, _née_ Smith.

_Negotiate_. From the Latin _negotium_. It means, as all know, to fix
the terms for a transaction, to bargain. But when we say, "The driver
negotiated a difficult turn of the road," or, "The chauffeur
negotiated a hill," we speak nonsense.

_Neither--or_ for _Neither--nor_. "Neither a cat or fish has wool."
Always after neither use nor.

_New Beginner_ for _Beginner_.

_Nice_ for _Good_, or _Agreeable_. "A nice girl." Nice means